[Updated: 6:33 P.M.]
NEWS:
- KINGS OF LEON Plan Summer Tour
Southern band launch a 32-date North American trek in June. [SPIN]
- HOLD STEADY Unveil New Album Cover
Heaven is Whenever drops May 4. [Pitchfork]
- PANIC! Offshoot YOUNG VEINS Debut New Songs
Ryan Ross and Jon Walker play eight new pop nuggets influenced by the Beatles. [SPIN]
- LADY GAGA Maps 31-Date North American Tour
The pop queen promises more shock-value than ever on arena tour, which kicks off June 28. [SPIN]
- GUNS N ROSES Cancel Rio De Janeiro Gig Due to Stage Collapse
“There are injuries from both our camp and Rio crews the extent of which is not known at present,” Alx Rose wrote. [Twitter]
- BLOC PARTY Frontman Schedule First Solo Shows
Kele Okereke is confirmed to perform at Ibiza Rocks on August 31 as “Kele.” [BBC]
- THOM YORKE‘s Reveals New Playlist
The Radiohead frontman has been listening to MIA, Flying Lotus, Jay Electronica, and more. [Radiohead]
- BEYONCE and Jay-Z Attend Basketball Arena Groundbreaking
The famous couple showed their support for the New Jersey Nets’ move to Brooklyn. [Daily News]
- LIL WAYNE Ordered Not to Sign Autographs in Prison
Weezy “is not a celebrity in here,” says Rikers Island Prison officials. [TMZ]
- Riot at METALLICA Concert, 160 Arrested
The metal band’s gig in Bogota, Columbia, ends in disaster. [SPIN]
- THE NATIONAL Unveil New Album Live
Michael Stipe rocks out as Brooklynites take wraps off High Violet at intimate, semi-secret gig. [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: DEVENDRA BANHART Taps MGMT, GZA For New Video
The Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti also joins Banhart to fly around in a cigarette-shaped spaceship, party with aliens. [Spinner]
- WATCH: VAMPIRE WEEKEND Rock ‘Fallon’
New York band play “Holiday,” a track off their chart-topping new album Contra. [YouTube]
- WATCH: DAVID BYRNE and SANTIGOLD‘s New Video
“Please Don’t” features archival footage of the subject of Byrne’s new album: shoe-lovin’ dictator’s wife Imelda Marcos. [BoingBoing]
- WATCH: PEARL JAM, JULIAN CASABLANCAS on ‘SNL’
EdVed and Co. play new tunes, while the Strokes singer raps with Andy Samberg in a digital short. [SPIN]
- WATCH: MGMT Debut New Album at Secret Show
The psych-rockers unveil Congratulations at a fan-only show at NYC’s tiny Mercury Lounge. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: New SHE & HIM Album
Hear the second album from Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward in its entirety, a week before release. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: RYAN ADAMS‘ New Metal Album
Preview ORION, Adams’ “my most legit METAL record” yet. [Ryan Adams]
- LISTEN: New MGMT Song
The title track to the Brooklyn band’s April 13 release, Congratulations, leaks online. [Hypem]